Heriberto Hernández-Cocoletzi is a professor of materials science and engineering at Facultad de Ingeniería Química, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, México. He received his B.Sc., M.Sc., and Ph.D. from the Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, México. His research fields are materials from natural resources and their application in health, environment, food, and architecture. He also has skills in the study of structural, electronic, and optical properties of nanostructured solids employing DFT calculations. He is a reviewer of many international journals. He teaches courses on advanced materials, solid-state, modern physics, optical properties, and biomaterials, in undergraduate studies; physical properties of materials, and research methodology in graduate studies. His students have obtained the award for the best undergraduate thesis granted by the ANCA on two occasions and the award for the best poster at two international conferences.